Inequality in the world. The emergence of a political idea in the 20th century

Vincent Bonnecase (1)

1 LAM - Les Afriques dans le monde

Controversial indicators of standards of living lie at the heart of inequality issues. A history of international comparisons of living conditions shows that these indicators definitely help change how the world is seen and whether human rights are recognized. By putting everyone into a space of equivalence that enables quantification, statistics serve as new tools for generating discussion about the reconfiguration of power relationships.

Mots clés: Measure of standard of living; Inequality; Poverty

Domaines: Histoire; Science politique

Vincent Bonnecase. Inequality in the world. The emergence of a political idea in the 20th century. Rémi Genevey, Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Laurence Tubiana (eds.), Reducing Inequalities, pp.61 - 74, 2013. ⟨halshs-01645087⟩